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        <description><![CDATA[Polity.org.za offers a unique take on news, with a focus on political, legal, economic and social issues in South Africa and Africa, as well as international affairs. Polity strives to provide our readers reliable and objective reporting on important issues that drive our society.]]></description>
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            <title>Kenya: High Court holds that unlicensed lenders cannot sue to recover loan monies</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The High Court of Kenya has held, in Rei-Iman v Succeed Capital Ltd (Rei-Iman), that a lender operating without a licence under the Banking Act lacks the legal capacity, or locus standi, to institute or maintain proceedings to recover loan monies. The Court found that the lender was not licensed as a bank, microfinance institution or other financial institution, and, on that basis, set aside the Small Claims Court judgment entered in its favour. The ruling confirms that a judgment obtained by an unlicensed lender is a nullity, reinforcing the licensing requirements under the Banking Act. Lenders operating in Kenya without the requisite Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) licence risk being unable to enforce their loans or pursue recovery through courts, underscoring the need for careful structuring and regulatory due diligence.]]></description>
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            <category>Bowmans</category>
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            <title>The Disability Employers Often Overlook</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mental impairment may already exist within your workforce, but if it goes unrecognised, both employment equity and accommodation obligations may be falling short. What if your employment equity reports are incomplete? What if your organisation already employs persons with disabilities, yet your workforce analysis suggests otherwise? For many employers, disability remains associated with visible and physical impairments. However, South African labour law recognises that disability extends beyond what can be seen. Mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety disorders and bipolar disorder may, under certain circumstances, qualify as disabilities.]]></description>
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            <category>Other Briefs</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Time is money: Participating Companies agree the Trusted Employer Scheme delivers real business ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Who better to ask whether the Trusted Employer Scheme (TES) is achieving its aim of providing pre-vetted employers with a more streamlined immigration process than the companies that have experienced it first-hand? Positive feedback from recognised Trusted Employers in the first phase speaks for itself: participating companies reported that 80% of visa applications for international talent submitted were processed within the reduced turnaround times committed to by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The scheme has significantly reduced visa processing times from a historical average of around 22 weeks to approximately 20 business days.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Beyond the termination clause: The survival of the common law right to terminate</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Most standard form construction contracts contain comprehensive default and termination clauses. However, not all default and termination clauses allow a party to terminate the contract due to the other party’s repudiation thereof. A question which often arises is: where parties have the right to terminate for very specific reasons under a contract, does the common law right to terminate due to a party’s repudiation of the contract still survive? Repudiation frequently arises where a party demonstrates, through words or conduct, an unequivocal intention to no longer be bound by the contract.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>Other Briefs</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Competent presiding officers important for tightrope stability – Don’t rely on artificial ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African labour law is firm in insisting that employees accused of dismissible misconduct get a fair opportunity to defend themselves. Where the employer elects to provide this opportunity via a disciplinary hearing the law requires the presiding officer to be fair. Unfair conduct of a hearing chairperson could occur either due to the chair’s bias or incompetence. There are number of factors that may suggest that the hearing chairperson might be acting unfairly. These include, amongst others, situations where the chairperson:]]></description>
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            <category>Labour Law Management Consulting</category>
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            <title>Could a smartwatch topple your company’s security?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Organisations have spent the last decade locking down workplace technology like laptops, smartphones and enterprise networks to prevent system breaches. But wearable tech like AI-enabled smart glasses, earbuds, watches and rings has slipped under the radar, despite being able to receive and record confidential communication and analyse documents. With millions of these devices in use every day, they are a governance blind spot that companies should be seriously considering. Wearables, once associated mainly with fitness tracking, have become embedded in daily life. According to the IDC’s Worldwide Wearable Device Tracker, global wearable-device shipments totalled 145.7-million units in Q1 2026, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year. And unlike laptops and smartphones, they are not always seen as part of an organisation’s technology environment.]]></description>
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            <title>What South Africa, Rwanda and Zimbabwe's latest reforms mean for crypto regulation in Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When Webber Wentzel published its Virtual Assets Regulation Across Africa guide, the continent's regulatory landscape was still taking shape. While many jurisdictions had begun considering how to regulate crypto assets, legislative frameworks remained fragmented and, in some cases, uncertain. Since then, several jurisdictions have made meaningful progress. Some have refined existing regulatory frameworks, while others have introduced entirely new regimes designed specifically for virtual ...]]></description>
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            <category>Webber Wentzel</category>
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            <title>What do buyers of businesses look for?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When business buyers consider acquiring a business, they generally have two options available to them. The first is to acquire the shares in a company which holds the business. The second is to acquire the business itself from the person or entity conducting the business operations.  Each transaction structure carries distinct legal, commercial, and tax consequences. In a share acquisition, the purchaser effectively steps into the shoes of the existing shareholder or shareholders and acquires ownership of the company together with all of its assets, obligations, liabilities, contractual relationships, and historical risks.  ]]></description>
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            <category>SchoemanLaw Inc</category>
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            <title>When is a personal post actually an advertisement?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Social media has blurred the line between personal opinion and commercial advertising. An influencer may post about breakfast, a holiday or a favourite product, and moments later promote a multinational brand. To consumers scrolling through their feeds, those posts may look the same.  Legally, however, they are not always the same. A recent Advertising Regulatory Board ("ARB") ruling involving South African Breweries ("SAB") and Castle Lager has brought renewed attention to a central question in influencer marketing: when does a seemingly personal social-media post become an advertisement? ]]></description>
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            <category>SchoemanLaw Inc</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[For over a decade, the question of whether South Africa's competition authorities have the power to prosecute foreign companies for alleged anticompetitive conduct occurring entirely offshore remained contentious. The Constitutional Court has answered this in a unanimous judgment by Judge Owen Rogers, handed down on 30 June 2026. The ruling resolves jurisdictional disputes that lay at the heart of South Africa's longest-running competition enforcement saga, the forex cartel case, which began in ...]]></description>
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